Title: The Opposite of Life
By: Shotsy
Pairing: very mild Tosh/Mary & very mild Gwen/Rhys & very mild Owen/Diane
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Jack is the only member of Torchwood who does not stay dead. The rest of the team cannot stay alive.

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As Gwen told a lie about filing, she died.

As Ianto brought in another round of coffee to a room of laughing people, he died.

As Owen picked up his phone and read a message labeled "TORCHWOOD", he died.

As Tosh watched Ianto's face appear from under that bag, she died.

As Ianto watched the rest of the team pour bullet after bullet into Lisa, he died.

As Gwen saw a look of pain and disgust cross Rhy's face as the drug took hold, she died.

As Owen pulled pieces of metal out of Gwen's side, he died.

As Tosh wrote a letter to her family in her own blood, she died.

As Gwen burrowed into Owen's arms, she died.

As Owen watched Diane fade into the clouds, he died.

As Ianto watched his bullet tear into Owen's shoulder, he died.

As Tosh watched Mary disappear in a flash of light, she died.

As Gwen looked down at the dead and bloodied body of the man she had betrayed, she died.

As Owen pulled the trigger and saw Jack's life fly out of him, he died.

As Ianto held the coat of the man he knew would never come back, he died.

As Tosh patted Gwen's shoulder and told her to move on, she died.

As Tosh and Ianto and Gwen and Owen tried to block their minds at night and rolled out of bed in the morning and walked into the tourist's center for another day, they closed their eyes, breathed deep, and died.

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